xvii, 420 pages ; 23 cm

Translation of Einleitung in das Alte Testament

"Translated from the revised second edition 1970, and incorporating further revisions by the author to 1973."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-415) and index

The Task, history and method of Old Testament introduction -- Underlying factors : The Promised land and elect nation -- The Canaanite inheritance -- The Historical narratives : The History of pentateuchal research -- Literary types of Israelite narrative -- Literary types of Israelite law -- The Growth of the Pentateuchal narrative at the pre- literary stage -- The Yahwistic history -- The Elohistic history -- The Priestly writing -- Deuteronomy -- The Book of Joshua -- The Book of Judges -- The Books of Samuel -- The Books of Kings -- The Problem of the Deuteronomistic history -- The History of the Chronicler, the Books of chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah -- The Book of Ruth -- The Book of Jonah -- The Book of Esther

Israel's Prophetic tradition -- Prophecy in Israel -- The Writing prophets of the Old Testament and their books : Amos -- Hosea -- Isaiah -- Micah -- Zephaniah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Jeremiah -- Exekiel -- Obadiah -- Deutero-Isaish -- The Trito-Isaianic collection -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Joel -- Malachi -- Deutero- and Trito-Aechariah -- Literary types of prophetic speech -- From spoken to written form -- Daniel and apocalyptic -- Israelite Poetry and Wisdom -- Basic laws of Hebrew poetry -- Israelite poetry and its literary types -- The History of Psalm study -- The Psalter -- Lamentations -- The Song of Songs -- Israelite wisdom and its literary types -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- The Book of Job -- Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) -- The Old Testament -- The Canon of the Old Testament

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